I made it to the track for WMRRA's round 4, but didn't race.  The project I'm working on is in start-stop mode, and I'm not sure what they are really going to do.  So, cash flow isn't happening.  No cash means no racing.  It's temporary, since the economy will pick up, but it's been a pain.  I keep saying the same thing, and it's true, but it still gets old.  I'm not the only one, and it hurts everybody.

Enough whining.  Just being at the track is great.  A couple friends are getting much faster every round, and I'm going to have my work cut out for me to keep up with them when I get back out there.  it's fun seeing people's abilities progress and improve.  The new (to WMRRA) AMB timing system has had a few bugs to work out, but it's a whole lot better than the old system already.  Technical inspections have been an interesting way to keep involved, since I get to inspect the condition of everyone's bike.  There sure are a lot of different ideas on what's OK!  Most bikes are so clean you could eat off of them, but a few look like they just crawled out of a pig sty.  It makes me want to disassemble my bike completely and clean everything, just so I'm one of the clean bikes, not one of the ones you want to throw back into the mud.

The magneto is still in limbo.  How could this be?  Customs isn't user friendly as far as I can tell.  It's somewhere in the US, but probably buried in a warehouse.  Oh, well.  The bike is worth the wait, but it's getting very frustrating.

There's a reason I haven't been doing much updating lately.  I haven't had any work, like a whole lot of other people.  The first few WMRRA rounds have been sparsely attended, including the Spokane round.  I went to Spokane to do technical inspections and to corner work, but it was frustrating to watch some great racing and not be out playing on the track.

Fortunately, things change.  I picked up a few months of work at the end of last week, and already have close to 70 billable hours in.  By next Friday, the number of billable hours should be more like 100, and even though I haven't been paid yet, I'm probably going to sign up for a track day on Friday and race at least a couple classes over the weekend.  My son graduates from high school next week, so my plans may get changed.  Not showing up to his graduation because I went to the track wouldn't go over too well.

If I make it there, it's going to take quite a bit of work in the mean time.  I still haven't completely assembled the bike, and I don't have a fairing stay which works properly yet.  Sharkskinz bodywork on a 1999 SV650 takes a very specific fairing bracket, and I don't have an unbroken one.  If I can find one, I'll pay for air freight in order to get out on the track.  The bodywork is painted and finally looks great.  Last year's tires still look OK, and the brakes are all reassembled.  I haven't torqued anything down yet, nor have I bled the brakes properly.  This will be a busy weekend to get the bike ready, but I'm very excited to think about getting back on the track.  Even if I can't get it together in time for this round, I am sure to be out racing this season.  I had almost given up on the idea, but now it looks like it's going to be possible.